diff --git a/PopPUNK/__init__.py b/PopPUNK/__init__.py
index d7f9d184..c6757346 100644
--- a/PopPUNK/__init__.py
+++ b/PopPUNK/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 '''PopPUNK (POPulation Partitioning Using Nucleotide Kmers)'''
 
-__version__ = '2.7.2'
+__version__ = '2.7.3'
 
 # Minimum sketchlib version
 SKETCHLIB_MAJOR = 2